Is zirconium oxide morphology on fuel cladding largely determined by lithium hydroxide concentration effects?

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-90

  Cox, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CORROSION; DEPOSITION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING; TEMPERATURE;

CRUD DEPOSITION; LITHIUM HYDROXIDE; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0031549433     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3115(97)00192-X     Document Type: Letter

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